Glenn Seaborg
In 1980, Glenn Seaborg displays one of the cigar boxes in which he and his colleagues stored the first samples of plutonium-239. The cigar boxes were provided by his fellow chemist, G. N. Lewis. (© Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS)
AZ ChemistryAZ ChemistryIn 1980, Glenn Seaborg displays one of the cigar boxes in which he and his colleagues stored the first samples of plutonium-239. The cigar boxes were provided by his fellow chemist, G. N. Lewis. (© Roger Ressmeyer/CORBIS)